Crisis

 Crisis 2021

• Director: Nicholas Jarecki
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Gary Oldman – The Space Between Us, The Dark Knight et al, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Harry Potter, The Book of Eli, Friends, Lost in Space, The Fifth Element, Immortal Beloved, Léon, Romeo Is Bleeding, True Romance, Dracula, JFK, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Prick Up Your Ears, Sid & Nancy, Meanwhile
• Armie Hammer – On the Basis of Sex, Hotel Mumbai, The Lone Ranger
• Greg Kinnear – Little Miss Sunshine, Nurse Betty, You’ve Got Mail, As Good as It Gets
• Michelle Rodriguez – Widows, Battle in Seattle
• Luke Evans – The Girl on the Train, High-Rise, The Hobbit et al, Tamara Drewe, Robin Hood
• Why?  Gary Oldman
• Seen: 19 March 2022 

Pill smuggling, painkiller addiction, undercover narcs, research into non-addicting painkillers. There are three stories. Two of them connect in the end. The third one doesn’t but it’s what the film is really about. Oldman is strong as the whistle-blower on the pharmaceutical company that is concealing fatal side-effects of their new miracle drug.

It’s a slow film but stay with it.  It’s very strong and doesn’t deserve its low ratings. 

4* of 5